Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
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Economics and Public Finance
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R) — AK
Summary
This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies.
The bill provides appropriations to Interior for
- the Bureau of Land Management,
- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
- the National Park Service,
- the U.S. Geological Survey,
- the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
- the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement,
- the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
- the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
- the Bureau of Indian Education,
- the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration,
- Departmental Offices, and
- Department-Wide Programs.
The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service.
Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for
- the Indian Health Service,
- the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and
- the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including
- the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality,
- the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,
- the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation,
- the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
- the Smithsonian Institution,
- the National Gallery of Art,
- the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
- the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
- the National Endowment for the Arts,
- the National Endowment for the Humanities,
- the Commission of Fine Arts,
- the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
- the National Capital Planning Commission,
- the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and
- the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission.
Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Legislative subjects
Accounting and auditing; Advisory bodies; Air quality; Alaska; Alaska Natives and Hawaiians; Alternative and renewable resources; American Samoa; Appropriations; Art, artists, authorship; Birds; Building construction; Buy American requirements; California; Commemorative events and holidays; Computers and information technology; Congressional oversight; Department of Agriculture; Department of Health and Human Services; Department of the Interior; District of Columbia; Domestic violence and child abuse; Drug, alcohol, tobacco use; Economics and Public Finance; Education programs funding; Educational facilities and institutions; Elementary and secondary education; Employee hiring; Endangered and threatened species; Energy storage, supplies, demand; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Environmental assessment, monitoring, research; Environmental health; Environmental regulatory procedures; Executive Office of the President; Executive agency funding and structure; Federal-Indian relations; Fires; First responders and emergency personnel; Fishes; Foreign aid and international relief; Forests, forestry, trees; Geography and mapping; Government buildings, facilities, and property; Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management; Government information and archives; Government lending and loan guarantees; Government studies and investigations; Government trust funds; Great Lakes; Guam; Hazardous wastes and toxic substances; Health care coverage and access; Health facilities and institutions; Health information and medical records; Health programs administration and funding; Health technology, devices, supplies; Historic sites and heritage areas; Historical and cultural resources; Humanities programs funding; Indian claims; Indian lands and resources rights; Indian social and development programs; Intergovernmental relations; Lakes and rivers; Land transfers; Land use and conservation; Law enforcement administration and funding; Lease and rental services; Licensing and registrations; Marine and coastal resources, fisheries; Marine pollution; Marshall Islands; Medical research; Mental health; Metals; Micronesia; Mining; Minority education; Minority health; Monuments and memorials; Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers; National Capital Planning Commission; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Neurological disorders; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York State; Northern Mariana Islands; Oil and gas; Oregon; Palau; Parks, recreation areas, trails; Performing arts; Pest management; Pollution liability; Poverty and welfare assistance; Public contracts and procurement; Racial and ethnic relations; Research administration and funding; Research and development; Smithsonian Institution; Solid waste and recycling; State and local government operations; U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; U.S. territories and protectorates; User charges and fees; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Water quality; Water storage; Water use and supply; Wetlands
Latest action
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 124.
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